Pie De Palo

Producer in San Juan, Argentina with commodity Quartz
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005603
MRDS ID AR16156
Record type Site
Current site name Pie De Palo
Alternate or previous names Esperanza, Gaton

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.89944, -31.43078 (WGS84)
Relative position 60 KM E OF SAN JUAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina San Juan

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH END OF SIERRA PIE DE PALO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.89944, -31.43078

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POCKETS (PINCH & SWELL)
    Strike N50E
    Dip SUBVERTICAL
    Width 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Senor Gimenez (Pie De Palo), Esteo Hnos. (Esperanza, Gaton)

Comments on the production information

  • (1) PIE DE PALO; (2) ESPERANZA & GATON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANGELELLI, V., ET. AL., 1980, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION CENTRO CUYO: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES, VOL. 19, P. 78

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ANGELELLI, 1980, P. 78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONCORDANT WITH SCHISTOCITY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1993 Venable, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.